Froch-Groves II will be the
first boxing bout at Wembley Stadium
since it re-opened in 2007 and is likely to set a British post-War attendance record with more than 70,000 expected.

BBC Radio 5 live's boxing correspondent Mike Costello said: "The choice of referee has been a highly contentious issue. Britain's Howard Foster is generally regarded as having acted prematurely in stopping the first fight in the ninth round.

"Groves insisted on a foreign referee for the rematch, his thinking being an official from outside the UK would be less affected by the hype.

"Last week he rejected the choice of
Jack Reiss,
a no-nonsense Californian, but promoter Eddie Hearn says both sides have agreed on Charlie Fitch, even though the 43-year-old from New York last stood in a world title fight 18 months ago."

The appointment of Fitch still needs to be ratified by the British Boxing Board of Control and the IBF.

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